"Published in partnership with MENC: The National Association for Music Education."

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Applying brain research to children's musical experiences / John W. Flohr and Diane C. Persellin -- Language acquisition : a lens on music learning / Suzanne L. Burton -- The role of musical engagement in the musicality of three-year-old children / Diana Dansereau -- Building community to elicit responses in early childhood music classes / Christina M. Hornbach -- The incorporation of principles of the Reggio Emilia approach in a North American preschool music curriculum / Amanda Page Smith -- The importance of parents in early childhood music program evaluation / Shelly Cooper and Audrey Berger Cardany -- Elementary music teachers' role-identities in and perceptions of teaching prekindergarten students with special needs / Julie Derges Kastner -- Preschool children's uses of a music listening center during free-choice time / Wendy L. Sims, Lecia Cecconi-Roberts, and Dan Keast -- Tonal patterns : providing the vocabulary for comprehensive vocal improvisation / Krista N. Velez -- Parents' documentation of their children's music-related behaviors / Wendy H. Valerio ... [et al.] -- Music play zone : an online social network site connecting parents and teacher in an early childhood music class / Lisa Huisman Koops -- Twenty-first-century parenting, electronic media, and early childhood music education / Beatriz Ilari -- The effect of an age-appropriate music curriculum on motor and linguistic and nonlinguistic skills of children three to five years of age / Joyce Jordan-DeCarbo and Joy Galliford -- The impact of a music and movement program on school readiness / Lili M. Levinowitz -- The role of early childhood music class participation in the development of four children with speech and language delay / Cynthia Crump Taggart, Jenny Alvarez, and Kathy Schubert -- Examining music experiences with Anthony, a child who has autism / Wendy Valerio ... [et al.].